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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
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Medicare Program; Announcement of
the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment Meeting—August
21–22, 2023—and New Panel Members
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
dates and times of a virtual meeting of
the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment (the Panel) in
August of 2023. In addition, it
announces 8 new membership
appointments to the Panel. The purpose
of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human
Services and the Administrator of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services concerning the clinical
integrity of the Ambulatory Payment
Classification groups and their
associated weights, which are major
elements of the Medicare Hospital
Outpatient Prospective Payment System
(OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical
Center payment system; and supervision
of hospital outpatient therapeutic
services. The advice provided by the
Panel will be considered as we prepare
the annual update for the OPPS.
DATES:
Virtual meeting dates: Monday,
August 21, 2023 and Tuesday, August
22, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The times
listed in this notice are EDT and are
approximate times. Consequently, the
meetings may last longer or be shorter
than the times listed in this notice, but
will not begin before the posted time.
Deadline for presentations and
comments: Presentations or comment
letters must be received by 5 p.m. EDT
on Monday, July 31, 2023. Presentations
or comment letters must be submitted
through the ‘‘Hospital Outpatient
Payment (HOP) Panel Meeting
Presentation & Comment Letters’’
module. To access the module, go to
https://mearis.cms.gov to register, log
in, and submit your presentation or
comment letter. CMS can only accept
HOP Panel Meeting presentations and
comment letters that are submitted via
MEARISTM. Please note that with the
submissions in MEARISTM, CMS no
longer requires the completion or
submission of form CMS–20017, as part
of the presentation or comment letter
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package. Therefore, submitters do not
need to complete this form.
Presentations and comment letters
that are not received by the due date
and time will be considered late or
incomplete and will not be included on
the agenda. Presentations and comment
letters may not be revised once they are
submitted. If a presentation or comment
letter requires changes, a new submittal
must be submitted by July 31, 2023.
Please see additional information
regarding the submission of section 508
compliant presentation and comment
letter materials in section ‘‘III.
Presentations and Comment Letters’’ of
this notice.
ADDRESSES:
Virtual meeting location and webinar:
The public may participate in this
meeting via webinar, or listen-only via
teleconference. Closed captioning will
be available on the webinar.
Teleconference dial-in and webinar
information will appear on the final
meeting agenda, which will be posted
on our website when available at:
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Guidance/FACA/Advisory
PanelonAmbulatoryPayment
ClassificationGroups.
Websites: For additional information
on the Panel, including the Panel
charter, and updates to the Panel’s
activities, we refer readers to view our
website at: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/
FACA/Advisory
PanelonAmbulatoryPayment
ClassificationGroups. Information about
the Panel and its membership in the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
database are located at: https://
www.facadatabase.gov.
Virtual meeting registration: While
there is no meeting registration,
presenters must be identified and
included as part of the MEARISTM
presentation submission process by the
presentation and comment letter
deadline specified in the ‘‘DATES’’
section of this notice. We note that no
advanced registration is required for
participants who plan to view the Panel
meeting via webinar, listen via
teleconference, or may wish to make a
public comment during the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Marcos, Designated Federal
Official by email at: APCPanel@
cms.hhs.gov.
Press inquiries are handled through
the CMS Press Office at (202) 690–6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services (the
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Secretary) is required by section
1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act
(the Act) and is allowed by section 222
of the Public Health Service Act to
consult with an expert outside panel,
such as the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment (the Panel),
regarding the clinical integrity of the
Ambulatory Payment Classification
(APC) groups and relative payment
weights. The Panel is governed by the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), to set
forth standards for the formation and
use of advisory panels. We consider the
technical advice provided by the Panel
as we prepare the final rule and the
following calendar year’s proposed rule
to update the Hospital Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS).
II. Virtual Meeting Agenda
The agenda for the August 21 and 22,
2023 virtual Panel meeting will provide
for discussion and comment on the
following topics as designated in the
Panel’s Charter:
• Addressing whether procedures
within an APC group are similar both
clinically and in terms of resource use.
• Reconfiguring APCs.
• Evaluating APC group weights.
• Review packaging costs of items
and services, including drugs and
devices, into procedures and services,
including the methodology for
packaging and the impact of packaging
the cost of those items and services on
APC group structure and payment.
• Removing procedures from the
inpatient only list for payment under
the OPPS.
• Using claims and cost report data
for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services’ (CMS) determination of APC
group costs.
• Addressing other technical issues
concerning APC group structure.
• Evaluating the required level of
supervision for hospital outpatient
services.
• OPPS APC rates for covered
Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)
procedures.
The agenda will be posted on our
website at: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/
FACA/Advisory
PanelonAmbulatoryPayment
ClassificationGroups approximately 1
week before the meeting.
Virtual Meeting Information Updates:
The actual meeting hours and days will
be posted in the agenda. As information
and updates regarding this webinar and
listen-only teleconference, including the
agenda, become available, they will be
posted to our website at: https://
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III. Presentations and Comment Letters
The subject matter of any presentation
and comment letter must be within the
scope of the Panel as designated in the
Charter. Any presentations or comments
outside of the scope of the Panel will be
returned or requested for amendment.
Unrelated topics include, but are not
limited to: the conversion factor; charge
compression; revisions to the cost
report; pass-through payments; correct
coding; new technology applications
(including supporting information/
documentation); provider payment
adjustments; supervision of hospital
outpatient diagnostic services; and the
types of practitioners that are permitted
to supervise hospital outpatient
services. The Panel may not recommend
that services be designated as
nonsurgical extended duration
therapeutic services. Presentations or
comment letters that address OPPS APC
rates as they relate to covered ASC
procedures are within the scope of the
Panel; however, ASC payment rates,
ASC payment indicators, the ASC
covered procedures list, or other ASC
payment system matters will be
considered out of scope. The Panel may
use data collected or developed by
entities and organizations other than the
Department of Health and Human
Services or CMS in conducting its
review. We recommend organizations
submit data for CMS staff and the
Panel’s review. All presentations are
limited to 5 minutes, regardless of the
number of individuals or organizations
represented by a single presentation.
Presenters may use their 5 minutes to
represent either one or more agenda
items.
Section 508 Compliance
For this meeting, we are aiming to
have all presentations and comment
letters available on our website.
Materials on our website must be
section 508 compliant to ensure access
to Federal employees and members of
the public with and without disabilities.
Presenters and commenters should
reference the guidance on making
documents section 508 compliant as
they draft their submissions, and,
whenever possible, submit their
presentations and comment letters in a
508 compliant form. The section 508
guidance is available at: https://
www.cms.gov/research-statistics-dataand-systems/cms-informationtechnology/section508. Presentations
and comment letters should limit the
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use of graphs or pictures. Any use of
these visual depictions must include
alternate text that verbally describes
what these visuals convey.
We will review presentations and
comment letters for section 508
compliance and place compliant
materials on our website. As resources
permit, we will also convert noncompliant submissions to section 508compliant forms and offer assistance to
submitters who are making their
submissions section 508-compliant. All
section 508-compliant presentations and
comment letters will be made available
on the CMS website. If difficulties are
encountered accessing the materials,
please contact the Designated Federal
Official in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
IV. Virtual Formal Presentations
In addition to formal presentations
(limited to 5 minutes total per
presentation), there will be an
opportunity during the meeting for
public comments as time permits
(limited to 1 minute for each individual
and a total of 3 minutes per
organization).
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V. Panel Recommendations and
Discussions
The Panel’s recommendations at any
Panel meeting generally are not final
until they have been reviewed and
approved by the Panel on the last day
of the meeting, prior to the final
adjournment. These recommendations
will be posted to our website after the
meeting.
VI. Membership Appointments to the
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient
Payment
The Panel Charter provides that the
Panel shall meet up to 3 times annually.
We consider the technical advice
provided by the Panel as we prepare the
OPPS proposed and final rules to
update the OPPS for the following
calendar year. The Panel shall consist of
a chair and up to 15 members who are
full-time employees of hospitals,
hospital systems, or other Medicare
providers that are subject to the OPPS.
The Panel may also include a
representative of a provider with ASC
expertise, who advises CMS only on
OPPS APC rates, as appropriate,
impacting ASC covered procedures
within the context and purview of the
Panel’s scope. The Secretary or a
designee selects the Panel membership
based upon either self-nominations or
nominations submitted by Medicare
providers and other interested
organizations of candidates determined
to have the required expertise. For
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supervision deliberations, the Panel
may include members that represent the
interests of critical access hospitals,
who advise CMS only regarding the
level of supervision for hospital
outpatient therapeutic services. New
appointments are made in a manner that
ensures a balanced membership under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
guidelines. The Secretary rechartered
the Panel in 2022 for a 2-year period
effective through November 20, 2024.
The current charter is available on the
CMS website at: https://www.cms.gov/
files/document/2022-hop-panelcharter.pdf. New appointments are
made in a manner that ensures a
balanced membership under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act guidelines.
The Panel consists of the following
current members and a Chair:
• E. L. Hambrick, M.D., J.D., CMS
Chairperson.
• Carmen Cooper-Oguz, P.T., D.P.T,
M.B.A, C.W.S, W.C.C.
• Bo Gately, M.B.A.
• Scott Manaker, M.D., Ph.D.
• Matthew Wheatley, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Request and Submission of the Panel
Nominations
The Request for Nominations to the
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient
Payment notice (87 FR 68499) provided
for nominations to be accepted through
February 13, 2023 or after that date at
CMS’s discretion.
As a result of that notice, we are
announcing 8 new members to the
Panel. These 8 new Panel member
appointments will assure that we
continue to have a Chair and up to 15
members available to attend our
scheduled meeting.
New Appointments to the Panel
New members of the Panel will have
terms beginning on July 1, 2023 and
continuing through June 30, 2027. The
new members of the Panel are as
follows:
• Becky Bean, BS, MHA/MBA,
PharmD.
• Thomas Capco, BSRT, RRT, CPFT.
• Blake Dirksen, MS, DABR.
• Nancy Dawson, MD, FACP.
• Brandon Fazio, BS.
• Rahul Seth, DO, FASCO.
• Wendi Smith Lloyd, CPC, COC,
CPMA, COSC.
• William Tettelbach, MD, FACP,
FIDSA, FUHM, MAPWCA, CWSP.
We currently accept nominations on a
continuous basis to fill upcoming panel
vacancies. We encourage additional
submissions. Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals. Self-nominations from
qualified individuals are also accepted.
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Nominations must be submitted through
the ‘‘Hospital Outpatient Payment
(HOP) Panel Member Nomination’’
module on MEARISTM. To access the
module, visit https://mearis.cms.gov to
register, log in, and submit your
nomination. We can only accept HOP
Panel Member nominations that are
submitted via MEARISTM.
VII. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose
information collection requirements,
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or
third-party disclosure requirements.
Consequently, there is no need for
review by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
The Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having
reviewed and approved this document,
authorizes Evell J. Barco Holland, who
is the Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for
purposes of publication in the Federal
Register.
Dated: July 13, 2023.
Evell J. Barco Holland,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration on
Children, Youth and Families,
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
requesting approval for a revision of a
currently approved information
collection, the Center for States
Evaluation Ancillary Data Collection.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) must make a
decision about the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-1801-N]
Medicare Program; Announcement of the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment Meeting--August 21-22, 2023--and New Panel Members
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the dates and times of a virtual meeting
of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel) in
August of 2023. In addition, it announces 8 new membership appointments
to the Panel. The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concerning the clinical
integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification groups and their
associated weights, which are major elements of the Medicare Hospital
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory
Surgical Center payment system; and supervision of hospital outpatient
therapeutic services. The advice provided by the Panel will be
considered as we prepare the annual update for the OPPS.
DATES:
Virtual meeting dates: Monday, August 21, 2023 and Tuesday, August
22, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The
times listed in this notice are EDT and are approximate times.
Consequently, the meetings may last longer or be shorter than the times
listed in this notice, but will not begin before the posted time.
Deadline for presentations and comments: Presentations or comment
letters must be received by 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 31, 2023.
Presentations or comment letters must be submitted through the
``Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP) Panel Meeting Presentation &
Comment Letters'' module. To access the module, go to https://mearis.cms.gov to register, log in, and submit your presentation or
comment letter. CMS can only accept HOP Panel Meeting presentations and
comment letters that are submitted via MEARIS\TM\. Please note that
with the submissions in MEARIS\TM\, CMS no longer requires the
completion or submission of form CMS-20017, as part of the presentation
or comment letter
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package. Therefore, submitters do not need to complete this form.
Presentations and comment letters that are not received by the due
date and time will be considered late or incomplete and will not be
included on the agenda. Presentations and comment letters may not be
revised once they are submitted. If a presentation or comment letter
requires changes, a new submittal must be submitted by July 31, 2023.
Please see additional information regarding the submission of
section 508 compliant presentation and comment letter materials in
section ``III. Presentations and Comment Letters'' of this notice.
ADDRESSES:
Virtual meeting location and webinar: The public may participate in
this meeting via webinar, or listen-only via teleconference. Closed
captioning will be available on the webinar. Teleconference dial-in and
webinar information will appear on the final meeting agenda, which will
be posted on our website when available at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.
Websites: For additional information on the Panel, including the
Panel charter, and updates to the Panel's activities, we refer readers
to view our website at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.
Information about the Panel and its membership in the Federal Advisory
Committee Act database are located at: https://www.facadatabase.gov.
Virtual meeting registration: While there is no meeting
registration, presenters must be identified and included as part of the
MEARIS\TM\ presentation submission process by the presentation and
comment letter deadline specified in the ``DATES'' section of this
notice. We note that no advanced registration is required for
participants who plan to view the Panel meeting via webinar, listen via
teleconference, or may wish to make a public comment during the
meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Marcos, Designated Federal
Official by email at: [email protected].
Press inquiries are handled through the CMS Press Office at (202)
690-6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the
Secretary) is required by section 1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security
Act (the Act) and is allowed by section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act to consult with an expert outside panel, such as the
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel), regarding
the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC)
groups and relative payment weights. The Panel is governed by the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), to set forth standards for the formation
and use of advisory panels. We consider the technical advice provided
by the Panel as we prepare the final rule and the following calendar
year's proposed rule to update the Hospital Outpatient Prospective
Payment System (OPPS).
II. Virtual Meeting Agenda
The agenda for the August 21 and 22, 2023 virtual Panel meeting
will provide for discussion and comment on the following topics as
designated in the Panel's Charter:
Addressing whether procedures within an APC group are
similar both clinically and in terms of resource use.
Reconfiguring APCs.
Evaluating APC group weights.
Review packaging costs of items and services, including
drugs and devices, into procedures and services, including the
methodology for packaging and the impact of packaging the cost of those
items and services on APC group structure and payment.
Removing procedures from the inpatient only list for
payment under the OPPS.
Using claims and cost report data for the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) determination of APC group costs.
Addressing other technical issues concerning APC group
structure.
Evaluating the required level of supervision for hospital
outpatient services.
OPPS APC rates for covered Ambulatory Surgical Center
(ASC) procedures.
The agenda will be posted on our website at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups approximately 1
week before the meeting.
Virtual Meeting Information Updates: The actual meeting hours and
days will be posted in the agenda. As information and updates regarding
this webinar and listen-only teleconference, including the agenda,
become available, they will be posted to our website at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.
III. Presentations and Comment Letters
The subject matter of any presentation and comment letter must be
within the scope of the Panel as designated in the Charter. Any
presentations or comments outside of the scope of the Panel will be
returned or requested for amendment. Unrelated topics include, but are
not limited to: the conversion factor; charge compression; revisions to
the cost report; pass-through payments; correct coding; new technology
applications (including supporting information/documentation); provider
payment adjustments; supervision of hospital outpatient diagnostic
services; and the types of practitioners that are permitted to
supervise hospital outpatient services. The Panel may not recommend
that services be designated as nonsurgical extended duration
therapeutic services. Presentations or comment letters that address
OPPS APC rates as they relate to covered ASC procedures are within the
scope of the Panel; however, ASC payment rates, ASC payment indicators,
the ASC covered procedures list, or other ASC payment system matters
will be considered out of scope. The Panel may use data collected or
developed by entities and organizations other than the Department of
Health and Human Services or CMS in conducting its review. We recommend
organizations submit data for CMS staff and the Panel's review. All
presentations are limited to 5 minutes, regardless of the number of
individuals or organizations represented by a single presentation.
Presenters may use their 5 minutes to represent either one or more
agenda items.
Section 508 Compliance
For this meeting, we are aiming to have all presentations and
comment letters available on our website. Materials on our website must
be section 508 compliant to ensure access to Federal employees and
members of the public with and without disabilities. Presenters and
commenters should reference the guidance on making documents section
508 compliant as they draft their submissions, and, whenever possible,
submit their presentations and comment letters in a 508 compliant form.
The section 508 guidance is available at: https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/cms-information-technology/section508.
Presentations and comment letters should limit the
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use of graphs or pictures. Any use of these visual depictions must
include alternate text that verbally describes what these visuals
convey.
We will review presentations and comment letters for section 508
compliance and place compliant materials on our website. As resources
permit, we will also convert non-compliant submissions to section 508-
compliant forms and offer assistance to submitters who are making their
submissions section 508-compliant. All section 508-compliant
presentations and comment letters will be made available on the CMS
website. If difficulties are encountered accessing the materials,
please contact the Designated Federal Official in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
IV. Virtual Formal Presentations
In addition to formal presentations (limited to 5 minutes total per
presentation), there will be an opportunity during the meeting for
public comments as time permits (limited to 1 minute for each
individual and a total of 3 minutes per organization).
V. Panel Recommendations and Discussions
The Panel's recommendations at any Panel meeting generally are not
final until they have been reviewed and approved by the Panel on the
last day of the meeting, prior to the final adjournment. These
recommendations will be posted to our website after the meeting.
VI. Membership Appointments to the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment
The Panel Charter provides that the Panel shall meet up to 3 times
annually. We consider the technical advice provided by the Panel as we
prepare the OPPS proposed and final rules to update the OPPS for the
following calendar year. The Panel shall consist of a chair and up to
15 members who are full-time employees of hospitals, hospital systems,
or other Medicare providers that are subject to the OPPS. The Panel may
also include a representative of a provider with ASC expertise, who
advises CMS only on OPPS APC rates, as appropriate, impacting ASC
covered procedures within the context and purview of the Panel's scope.
The Secretary or a designee selects the Panel membership based upon
either self-nominations or nominations submitted by Medicare providers
and other interested organizations of candidates determined to have the
required expertise. For supervision deliberations, the Panel may
include members that represent the interests of critical access
hospitals, who advise CMS only regarding the level of supervision for
hospital outpatient therapeutic services. New appointments are made in
a manner that ensures a balanced membership under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act guidelines. The Secretary rechartered the Panel in 2022
for a 2-year period effective through November 20, 2024. The current
charter is available on the CMS website at: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2022-hop-panel-charter.pdf. New appointments are made in a
manner that ensures a balanced membership under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act guidelines. The Panel consists of the following current
members and a Chair:
E. L. Hambrick, M.D., J.D., CMS Chairperson.
Carmen Cooper-Oguz, P.T., D.P.T, M.B.A, C.W.S, W.C.C.
Bo Gately, M.B.A.
Scott Manaker, M.D., Ph.D.
Matthew Wheatley, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Request and Submission of the Panel Nominations
The Request for Nominations to the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment notice (87 FR 68499) provided for nominations to be
accepted through February 13, 2023 or after that date at CMS's
discretion.
As a result of that notice, we are announcing 8 new members to the
Panel. These 8 new Panel member appointments will assure that we
continue to have a Chair and up to 15 members available to attend our
scheduled meeting.
New Appointments to the Panel
New members of the Panel will have terms beginning on July 1, 2023
and continuing through June 30, 2027. The new members of the Panel are
as follows:
Becky Bean, BS, MHA/MBA, PharmD.
Thomas Capco, BSRT, RRT, CPFT.
Blake Dirksen, MS, DABR.
Nancy Dawson, MD, FACP.
Brandon Fazio, BS.
Rahul Seth, DO, FASCO.
Wendi Smith Lloyd, CPC, COC, CPMA, COSC.
William Tettelbach, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FUHM, MAPWCA, CWSP.
We currently accept nominations on a continuous basis to fill
upcoming panel vacancies. We encourage additional submissions. Any
interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals.
Self-nominations from qualified individuals are also accepted.
Nominations must be submitted through the ``Hospital Outpatient Payment
(HOP) Panel Member Nomination'' module on MEARIS\TM\. To access the
module, visit https://mearis.cms.gov to register, log in, and submit
your nomination. We can only accept HOP Panel Member nominations that
are submitted via MEARIS\TM\.
VII. Collection of Information Requirements
This document does not impose information collection requirements,
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or third-party disclosure
requirements. Consequently, there is no need for review by the Office
of Management and Budget under the authority of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having reviewed and approved this
document, authorizes Evell J. Barco Holland, who is the Federal
Register Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of
publication in the Federal Register.
Dated: July 13, 2023.
Evell J. Barco Holland,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-15254 Filed 7-14-23; 4:15 pm]
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